Spontaneous resolution of lumbar disk herniation: Predictive signs for prognostic evaluation

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 916-922

  Splendiani, Alessandra ^a   Puglielli, Edoardo ^a   De Amicis, Rosanna ^a   Barile, Antonio ^a   Masciocchi, Carlo ^a   Gallucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disk extrusion; Disk free fragment; Disk pathology; Lumbar disk herniation; Magnetic resonance; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REMISSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 11244349664     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1232-0     Document Type: Article

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